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Incipit lege[n]da sanctoru[m] que lombardica nominatur historia et primo de festiuitatibus que occurru[n]t infra te[m]pus renouationis quod represe[n]tat ecclesia ab adue[n]tu vsq[ue] ad nativitatem domini
Incipit lege[n]da sanctoru[m] que lombardica nominatur historia et primo de festiuitatibus que occurru[n]t infra te[m]pus renouationis quod represe[n]tat ecclesia ab adue[n]tu vsq[ue] ad nativitatem domini
Place and printer from Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum; date from colophon ([48]₇ verso): "Lombardica historia explicit. Anno d[omi]ni M.cccclxxxi."
Chancery folio; [3]₁ (i.e. fol. I) verso: 41 lines, 199 x 122 mm; types: 180 and 108 (headings), 97(a) (text); two- to eight-line initial spaces.
Catalogue of books printed in the 15th century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, J-044
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, 96
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J99
Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00099000
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department Copy: Q.407.7 FOLIO imperfect: wanting both blanks, as well as CLXXIII-CLXXVI. Rubricated in red throughout. Leaf dimensions: 262 x 195 mm.
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department Copy: Q.407.7 FOLIO with bookplate of the BPL Benton Fund. Dealer's codes, etc. Sparse later marginalia. Purchased from Clifford E. King, London, in July, 1972 (Acc.72-382). Former call number Q.481.J37L FOLIO.
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department Copy: Q.407.7 FOLIO bound in half vellum and blue decorated paste papers.